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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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The Fall of a Republic
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Nature in Greek Myth
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Sex Before Sex Education
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Summary of changes for February
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Does Donald J.
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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The Birth of Ovid
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Trying to Understand...
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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